The 13-digit International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique code that identifies a book commercially. The last digit is a check digit used for error detection. To calculate its value, each digit of the first twelve digits is alternately multiplied, from left to right, by 1 or 3. The products are summed up and divided by 10. The check digit is the remainder of the division subtracted from 10. If it is 10, it becomes 0.